Re: List of Bad Cap Manufacturers

Right! Armed with a fresh paranoia about fizzed-out caps, I noticed a 3Com hub I had replaced years ago after it started signalling permanent collisions. It had been sitting in my junk pile ever since, and I decided to take a look inside

I banished a pair of bloated-looking 1500uF Gloria caps, and the box works like a charm again!

That's another one I owe you, PCBonez.

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Thanks so much for the detailed information. You've changed my thinking from nagging worry into definite motivation - enough to make me go through the tedium of stripping this machine down again.

Very kind of you to take the trouble, and I'm most grateful.

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Thanks for the info - much appreciated. I assume you're saying this is a temporary thing rather than a permanent curse on Nichicon. Nevertheless I also replaced the other Nichis on the mobo. This was a year ago now, but if I can find them I'll check their codes too.

I've already learned a lot reading the posts on this excellent forum. The built in GBit NIC used to crash this machine, so I put in a PCI NIC. Plus the on-board sound hardware is noisy and I replaced that too - eating up two of the three PCI slots. I've...

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Just in case the point about duff Nichicons needs to be driven home, here are some nasty 1800uFs I successfully replaced on my old Dell Precision 650.

Egg all over their faces - ick....